Okanogan School District · Washington
Larry Scroggins is the Transportation Supervisor at Okanogan School District, which runs a rural school bus fleet in north-central Washington. He wrote down what he needed from a digital DVIR. Seven things. Here is each one, and what is running at his garage today.
From the supervisor
“Drivers picked it up on day one — adoption has been the easiest part.”
Before
Okanogan's drivers were already on a digital DVIR product. The district reports it cost $30 per seat per month. The hardware and the software came bundled together. And the monthly reports were a problem Larry had to solve himself.
What Larry wanted was simpler. So he wrote down what “simpler” meant.
The old setup
What the district reports it paid for its old digital DVIR.
The hardware and the software came as one package.
At the end of each month, putting the report together was Larry's job.
The list
Larry's asks, summed up in a few words each. The answers describe what runs at Okanogan today.
A driver enters the 4-digit PIN the supervisor assigned when they first sign on, and again if they switch buses. The rest of the time, a clean pre-trip is one tap on No New Defects Found. Each inspection is signed with the driver's PIN on file.
On the 1st of every month, Larry gets one combined PDF: every bus's inspections, defects and repairs for the month, ready to print and file. A PDF for each bus is also saved to Drive, and any month can be run again on request.
Before a driver signs, the app shows every open defect on that bus and where each repair stands. When the mechanic writes a note for the driver, it shows on the driver's screen for that bus. Both come from the office, so they show when the phone has signal. The inspection itself saves on the phone and sends later if there's none.
The mechanic app. Every open defect in the fleet on one list. When a driver reports a new one, the mechanic and supervisor get a text with the bus and what's wrong, and an email with the driver's note and a map link, within seconds. Moving a repair along takes a couple of taps, and one box holds the message the driver will see.
See the mechanic appBuilt to FMCSA's electronic DVIR rules, named together: 49 CFR § 390.32 (electronic documents and signatures), § 396.11 (driver vehicle inspection reports) and § 396.13 (the driver's review before driving), as amended by FMCSA's electronic DVIR final rule (91 FR 7893, published Feb. 19, 2026, effective March 23, 2026).
Does that federal rule even cover a school district's own buses? It depends on the operation. 49 CFR § 390.3T(f) generally exempts home-to-school bus runs and transportation run by a state or local government, so ask your district's counsel where yours fall. Washington's pre-trip and post-trip rule, WAC 392-145-041, applies either way. More in the FAQ.
Read the compliance detailFMCSA does not certify or approve DVIR software. Your district remains responsible for its own compliance. Nothing on this site is legal advice.
The district reports it paid $30 per seat per month before. One-Touch DVIR's inspections are $20 per driver seat per month, plus applicable Washington sales tax. No special hardware is required, and there's no setup fee. Buses, mechanics and supervisors don't add to the bill. The Mileage & Pupil Tracker is an optional add-on.
See what your garage would payOkanogan's drivers sign their pre-trips in the app. How that went is in Larry's own words, at the top of this page.
The mechanic app
The shop sees every open defect in the fleet, with what the driver wrote. A couple of taps moves a repair along. One box holds the message the driver will see.
Shown with made-up demo data
Running at Okanogan today
The same system a new garage gets. Nothing on this list is a promise for later.
Every new defect a driver reports reaches the mechanic and supervisor within seconds: which bus and what's wrong by text, plus the driver's own note and a map link by email. With optional quiet hours, you can silence each person's defect texts during an overnight window you pick (Bob's own copy still comes through); the email still goes out.
When the shop pulls a bus, the driver's phone shows a full-screen Do not operate this bus warning once it hears from the office. The phone remembers that answer and shows it again even with no signal. A phone that has had no signal since before the bus was pulled can't know.
One combined PDF with every bus in it, in Larry's inbox on the 1st of the month. A PDF for each bus is saved to Drive too.
Drivers log routes and trips with pupil counts and the odometer. The business office gets mileage and ridership workbooks. Counts only, never student names.
Add-on
Drivers sign the agreement with their PIN when they first sign on, and again after a bus change. The current version, v1.2, adds a notice that an inspection carries an approximate location when the phone provides one.
Every bus at the garage does its pre-trip on One-Touch DVIR. No paper.
Ask Bob, and he'll check whether a supervisor can take your call.
Write it down, like Larry did, and send it to Bob. You'll get a straight answer on every item: what One-Touch DVIR does today, and what it doesn't.
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